Post by Nolan Joseph Werner and Marc K on Aug 27, 2006 21:45:49 GMT -5
This is Nolan. I just got off the phone with Marc and the revised submission guidelines are up.
PHOSPHOROUS TIDE
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
DATE: August 26, 2006
Mission Statement:
Phosphorus Tide is a sequential anthology dedicated to publishing the best work in the sequential medium (Comic Books, Comic Strips, Manga, Cartooning) out there. We are actively looking for bold projects and new voices, including talent with no experience in the medium. We also strive to show that the anthology is the ideal format for this revolution in storytelling. We are looking for stories that are: risky, controversial, intelligent, noncommercial, unconventional, diverse, relevant, literary, experimental, dangerous and/or unclassifiable; in short, the kinds of projects that need to be seen but that the larger publishers may not be interested in.
Do I retain the rights to my story?
Yes. All work published in Phosphorus Tide is creator-owned (the only projects that the editors own are their stories). You keep all of the rights to your story. All we ask is permission to publish your story in our anthology. Each issue will also carry a copyright notice for all stories on the inside.
I have no experience writing in the sequential medium but I am interested, what should I do?
I have a project that I think would be great for this medium but I need help adapting it, what should I do?
We are actively interesting in working with new talent. If you are interested, we are trying to launch a program to help people learn the storytelling in the sequential medium while at the same time telling their unique projects with their unique voices as artists. This is still in the very early stages. If you are interested in working on either side of this, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com .
You may find the following sites useful:
ptstoryworkshop.proboards99.com
www.digitalwebbing.com
www.penciljack.com
www.scrypticstudios.com
www.mikecarey.net/files/lucifer_4_script.doc An excellent sample of a comic book script.
In terms of books, there are several excellent books to help teach sequential writing and storytelling.
Writing For Comics With Peter David. This book is probably the best introductory text on the subject. Though be warned that is slanted towards mainstream superhero comics. The book does an excellent job of combining the theoretical and practical aspects of sequential storytelling in a way that makes it accessible for beginners as well as making it a useful reference tool for more advanced writers.
Alan Moore’s Writing For Comics. A very useful text for teaching the advanced and theoretical aspects of sequential storytelling.
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. One of the most useful books out there for anyone interested in the medium. It shows all of the wonderful things that can be done when words and pictures are used in sequence. A must read.
Graphic Storytelling and Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner. Both books are very useful resources to teach visual storytelling. They are oriented more at artists but there is a lot that writers can learn from both of these books by one of the masters of the sequential medium.
Writers on Comic Scriptwriting, Volumes 1 and 2. Interviews with various comic book writers (generally mainstream ones) regarding technique and content. The book is filled with many script pages but it does often assume familiarity with the projects. It is, however, probably the closest thing to a comic writing master class out there and it gives you the added bonus of having a number of perspectives on sequential writing in one place.
Why do you guys have two email addresses?
Originally it was because one email address was for submissions and one email address was for things not related to submissions. That idea was abandoned pretty quickly but the two email addresses were maintained because it provides twice the chance to be able to contact us in case one of the servers goes down.
What lengths of stories are you looking for?
We are interested in stories up to 25 pages long.
For stories longer then that, please query us first at PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com .
For stories submitted by a writer without an artist, we advise that the stories (or chapters of the story) be kept as short as possible to make it easier to find artists.
Who can submit material?
In order to avoid potential legal problems, you must be at least 18 to submit material.
Will you accept work done anonymously or under a pen name?
Yes.
However, you must include your legal name in your submission for the purposes of payment and record keeping.
What kinds of projects are you not interested in?
We are not interested in any stories that violate copyright or do not have a clear chain of title. If you are adapting material, it is your responsibility to ensure that it is either in the public domain or that you have all of the necessary rights before submission. Please note that individual translations may under copyright even if the work in question is not.
We are also not interested in obscene or libelous material.
We are also not interested in pornography.
We are also not interested in stories not in line with our mission statement or stories that in some way could harm the image of our magazine and deny use greater exposure.
Will you look at previously published material?
Would you be interested in publishing a preview for coming out somewhere else?
As long as all of the rights are yours or licensed to you when you submit your story, we will consider previously published material.
For comics coming out somewhere else, we will consider publishing a preview.
I have no experience writing in the sequential medium but I am interested, what should I do?
I have a project that I think would be great for this medium but I need help adapting it, what should I do?
We are actively interesting in working with new talent. If you are interested, we are trying to launch a program to help people learn the storytelling in the sequential medium while at the same time telling their unique projects with their unique voices as artists. If you are interested in working on either side of this, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com
If I submit material to you, can I submit it to other markets as well?
Yes.
How do I submit material?
All submitted material must have a signed Submission Release included. The submission release is included at the bottom of this document. Please include some sort of contact information as well. If you would prefer to send a hard copy of the Submission Release to the editors instead of an online one then please contact us and we will give you an address to send it to. Any projects sent without a submission release will receive a reply saying that we require a signed submission release before reading and a submission release will be included.
For stand alone stories (those having one chapter only), please send the entire story (script and/or any finished pages) to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com.
For serialized stories (those with more then one chapter), please send us at least:
ONE completely scripted chapter. If you have more completed chapters (or chapters with art) then feel free to send them as well.
A written pitch. The pitch must include a plot outline and an estimated number of chapters. Please feel free to include anything else that you think sells your project as something unique.
How does your submission process work?
All projects submitted to the anthology are read by both of the editors (Marc and Nolan). After reading them independently, the two editors will discuss the project and come to an agreement on it. Once they have made a decision, you will be contacted.
What should I do if I am interested in drawing a story someone else has written?
Please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com. You will be sent a list of all of the projects accepted by the magazine that do not have an artist along with the contact information of the creators. The list will have names, contact information (generally email), a plot summary and length. If you do come to an arrangement with the other creators, please contact the editors.
What is your Editorial Policy?
Creative freedom is one of the things on which Phosphorus Tide was founded. We will try to maintain as “hands off” of a policy as possible, allowing you to tell your stories using your voice. We hope that any instances of editorial interference that are required are minor and rare.
What is the format for your magazine?
We will be publishing in black and white, standard comic size. In terms of pages, our goal is to get it to 150-200 pages.
I am interested in placing an ad for my comic in your magazine, what should I do?
Please send us an email at PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com.
What if you publish part of a serialized project and it doesn’t work out?
Please contact the editors. The project will be pulled and the next issue will say that “Project X by Creator Y will no longer be running in this magazine by request of the author.”
What if I have submitted a project to you and I change my mind?
If you change your mind regarding a project, please contact the editors. It will be pulled from the submission queue or the queue of finished projects, depending on where it is. If, however, the magazine is very close to publication, it is within our rights to ask for a reasonable deadline in which for you to decide to pull your project (such as a month before it is to go out to the printer). If this is the case, you will be given multiple advance notices.
How long will it take to hear back from you regarding a submission?
The timeframe for submissions is contingent on the schedules of the editors and the number received. We hope that we can contact people regarding all submissions within three months.
Will you ever close your doors to new submissions?
As long as we are publishing Phosphorus Tide, we will never close our doors to new submissions. If we have a number of them, it may take some time to get through all of them.
If you have rejected a story of mine but I have substantially revised it, can I submit it again?
Yes.
How does payment work?
Each issue of the magazine will be seen as a separate entity. All profit made on each copy sold of each issue above the cost of printing and shipping will be split in the following way:
10 percent goes to the publisher’s company (which will be incorporated before the first issue comes out).
85 percent will be evenly split between all creators involved on the project.
5 percent of the money will be donated to a charitable cause.
Why are you donating money to charity and how will the process work?
We are donating money to charity not just because other comic publishers are not doing it but because, as artists, it is our duty to work for a better world through our art.
The cause will be chosen by all of the contributors to the issue. If, after all reasonable efforts to choose a charitable organization have come to no conclusion, the editors reserve the right to select one from among the ones nominated.
We will also try to have a different charitable cause for each issue.
The process will work by asking each contributor on the issue to nominate some causes that he or she feels deserve it. The list will be compiled and sent to all of the creators. They can they decide to strike any organizations that they have absolutely no interest in seeing get the money. This process will continue until either there is an agreement or its obvious that there will not be an agreement and the editors step in and make a choice.
If you have a question that is not covered here, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com
SUBMISSION RELEASE
Your Full Legal Name
To: Phosphorous Tide.
Submission Release for TITLE OF YOUR MATERIAL.
By signing this Submission Release, I am indicating that I have read, fully understand and swear or affirm to the following conditions:
1. I understand that Phosphorous Tide refuses to review any creative materials without a signed submission release. By signing this, I have shown an active interest in having my work considered for publication in Phosphorous Tide.
2. By reading the material, Phosphorous Tide will be evaluating it to potentially pursue a further relationship with myself and my material. The reading of this material does not oblige either party to take their negotiations or business any further.
3. I understand that Phosphorous Tide could reject my material for any number of reasons. I also understand that the editors at Phosphorous Tide are under no obligation to tell me the exact reason why my material was rejected.
4. I understand that Phosphorous Tide receives a large number of submissions and that both of the editors of the magazine are also writers. Projects that are similar in many regards to the one that I submitted may appear. The appearance of a similar project in the magazine or from one of the editors does not create any sort of a working relationship if the project was created independently of my submission.
5. By signing this release and submitting material, I have not entered in to a fiduciary, creative or confidential relationship with Phosphorous Tide in any way.
6. I am stating that I am the author of this work. If this work is adapted from another source, that the source material is either in the public domain or something that I own or have legally licensed all of the required rights to. In any case, I affirm that I own ALL of the rights required to submit this work to Phosphorous Tide.
7. I am stating that this work does not violate any copyright, proprietary rights, rights of confidentiality or other rights of any person or entity. Any quotations or excerpts used are either from works in the public domain or covered under an appropriate fair use provision.
8. I understand that Phosphorous Tide will not use this material in their publication or for any other purpose unless I enter in to a written agreement for the publication of my story.
9. I have read and I fully understand all of the parts of the Phosphorous Tide Submission Guidelines.
10. I understand that it is my responsibility to protect my material, including an official copyright.
11. I understand that if a conflict does arise between myself and Phosphorous Tide over my material, that the following conditions apply:
* Before legal action is pursued, I will contact the editors and request third-party arbitration at my own expense.
* This Submission Release can be used as evidence by Phosphorous Tide.
* If the third-party arbitration decides in my favor, I agree to limit the damages to the fair market rate for comic book material in the independent market.
12. I agree that the terms of this Release will be binding on myself as well as anyone who may acquire the rights to my material.
13. I understand that if any part of this agreement is deemed to be void or unenforceable in a court of law, that section will be omitted until a legal provision that more closely reflects the intent of both parties. The modified Release shall remain in full force and effect.
14. If a third party comes forward with a claim regarding the material that I have submitted, I agree to indemnify Phosphorous Tide against all claims, expenses, losses or liabilities, including any attorney’s fees and costs, that may be occurred in connection with my material.
15. I agree that my electronic signature on this document shall have legal standing between both parties equivalent to a hand-written signature or other legal mark. I also understand that Phosphorous Tide has offered me the option of sending a hard copy of this and I have decided to use the electronic version. If I have sent in a snail mail version, I have contacted the editors regarding it and this version can, by the consent of both parties, serve as a provisional version until the signed copy is received. If both parties do not consent, then the material will not be read until a hard copy is received.
16. By signing and/or typing my name here, I swear or affirm that fully understand all of the terms in the Submission Guidelines and I agree that I will abide by all of the regulations of this Release.
SIGNATURE: _________________________________
PHOSPHOROUS TIDE
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
DATE: August 26, 2006
Mission Statement:
Phosphorus Tide is a sequential anthology dedicated to publishing the best work in the sequential medium (Comic Books, Comic Strips, Manga, Cartooning) out there. We are actively looking for bold projects and new voices, including talent with no experience in the medium. We also strive to show that the anthology is the ideal format for this revolution in storytelling. We are looking for stories that are: risky, controversial, intelligent, noncommercial, unconventional, diverse, relevant, literary, experimental, dangerous and/or unclassifiable; in short, the kinds of projects that need to be seen but that the larger publishers may not be interested in.
Do I retain the rights to my story?
Yes. All work published in Phosphorus Tide is creator-owned (the only projects that the editors own are their stories). You keep all of the rights to your story. All we ask is permission to publish your story in our anthology. Each issue will also carry a copyright notice for all stories on the inside.
I have no experience writing in the sequential medium but I am interested, what should I do?
I have a project that I think would be great for this medium but I need help adapting it, what should I do?
We are actively interesting in working with new talent. If you are interested, we are trying to launch a program to help people learn the storytelling in the sequential medium while at the same time telling their unique projects with their unique voices as artists. This is still in the very early stages. If you are interested in working on either side of this, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com .
You may find the following sites useful:
ptstoryworkshop.proboards99.com
www.digitalwebbing.com
www.penciljack.com
www.scrypticstudios.com
www.mikecarey.net/files/lucifer_4_script.doc An excellent sample of a comic book script.
In terms of books, there are several excellent books to help teach sequential writing and storytelling.
Writing For Comics With Peter David. This book is probably the best introductory text on the subject. Though be warned that is slanted towards mainstream superhero comics. The book does an excellent job of combining the theoretical and practical aspects of sequential storytelling in a way that makes it accessible for beginners as well as making it a useful reference tool for more advanced writers.
Alan Moore’s Writing For Comics. A very useful text for teaching the advanced and theoretical aspects of sequential storytelling.
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. One of the most useful books out there for anyone interested in the medium. It shows all of the wonderful things that can be done when words and pictures are used in sequence. A must read.
Graphic Storytelling and Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner. Both books are very useful resources to teach visual storytelling. They are oriented more at artists but there is a lot that writers can learn from both of these books by one of the masters of the sequential medium.
Writers on Comic Scriptwriting, Volumes 1 and 2. Interviews with various comic book writers (generally mainstream ones) regarding technique and content. The book is filled with many script pages but it does often assume familiarity with the projects. It is, however, probably the closest thing to a comic writing master class out there and it gives you the added bonus of having a number of perspectives on sequential writing in one place.
Why do you guys have two email addresses?
Originally it was because one email address was for submissions and one email address was for things not related to submissions. That idea was abandoned pretty quickly but the two email addresses were maintained because it provides twice the chance to be able to contact us in case one of the servers goes down.
What lengths of stories are you looking for?
We are interested in stories up to 25 pages long.
For stories longer then that, please query us first at PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com .
For stories submitted by a writer without an artist, we advise that the stories (or chapters of the story) be kept as short as possible to make it easier to find artists.
Who can submit material?
In order to avoid potential legal problems, you must be at least 18 to submit material.
Will you accept work done anonymously or under a pen name?
Yes.
However, you must include your legal name in your submission for the purposes of payment and record keeping.
What kinds of projects are you not interested in?
We are not interested in any stories that violate copyright or do not have a clear chain of title. If you are adapting material, it is your responsibility to ensure that it is either in the public domain or that you have all of the necessary rights before submission. Please note that individual translations may under copyright even if the work in question is not.
We are also not interested in obscene or libelous material.
We are also not interested in pornography.
We are also not interested in stories not in line with our mission statement or stories that in some way could harm the image of our magazine and deny use greater exposure.
Will you look at previously published material?
Would you be interested in publishing a preview for coming out somewhere else?
As long as all of the rights are yours or licensed to you when you submit your story, we will consider previously published material.
For comics coming out somewhere else, we will consider publishing a preview.
I have no experience writing in the sequential medium but I am interested, what should I do?
I have a project that I think would be great for this medium but I need help adapting it, what should I do?
We are actively interesting in working with new talent. If you are interested, we are trying to launch a program to help people learn the storytelling in the sequential medium while at the same time telling their unique projects with their unique voices as artists. If you are interested in working on either side of this, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com
If I submit material to you, can I submit it to other markets as well?
Yes.
How do I submit material?
All submitted material must have a signed Submission Release included. The submission release is included at the bottom of this document. Please include some sort of contact information as well. If you would prefer to send a hard copy of the Submission Release to the editors instead of an online one then please contact us and we will give you an address to send it to. Any projects sent without a submission release will receive a reply saying that we require a signed submission release before reading and a submission release will be included.
For stand alone stories (those having one chapter only), please send the entire story (script and/or any finished pages) to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com.
For serialized stories (those with more then one chapter), please send us at least:
ONE completely scripted chapter. If you have more completed chapters (or chapters with art) then feel free to send them as well.
A written pitch. The pitch must include a plot outline and an estimated number of chapters. Please feel free to include anything else that you think sells your project as something unique.
How does your submission process work?
All projects submitted to the anthology are read by both of the editors (Marc and Nolan). After reading them independently, the two editors will discuss the project and come to an agreement on it. Once they have made a decision, you will be contacted.
What should I do if I am interested in drawing a story someone else has written?
Please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com. You will be sent a list of all of the projects accepted by the magazine that do not have an artist along with the contact information of the creators. The list will have names, contact information (generally email), a plot summary and length. If you do come to an arrangement with the other creators, please contact the editors.
What is your Editorial Policy?
Creative freedom is one of the things on which Phosphorus Tide was founded. We will try to maintain as “hands off” of a policy as possible, allowing you to tell your stories using your voice. We hope that any instances of editorial interference that are required are minor and rare.
What is the format for your magazine?
We will be publishing in black and white, standard comic size. In terms of pages, our goal is to get it to 150-200 pages.
I am interested in placing an ad for my comic in your magazine, what should I do?
Please send us an email at PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com.
What if you publish part of a serialized project and it doesn’t work out?
Please contact the editors. The project will be pulled and the next issue will say that “Project X by Creator Y will no longer be running in this magazine by request of the author.”
What if I have submitted a project to you and I change my mind?
If you change your mind regarding a project, please contact the editors. It will be pulled from the submission queue or the queue of finished projects, depending on where it is. If, however, the magazine is very close to publication, it is within our rights to ask for a reasonable deadline in which for you to decide to pull your project (such as a month before it is to go out to the printer). If this is the case, you will be given multiple advance notices.
How long will it take to hear back from you regarding a submission?
The timeframe for submissions is contingent on the schedules of the editors and the number received. We hope that we can contact people regarding all submissions within three months.
Will you ever close your doors to new submissions?
As long as we are publishing Phosphorus Tide, we will never close our doors to new submissions. If we have a number of them, it may take some time to get through all of them.
If you have rejected a story of mine but I have substantially revised it, can I submit it again?
Yes.
How does payment work?
Each issue of the magazine will be seen as a separate entity. All profit made on each copy sold of each issue above the cost of printing and shipping will be split in the following way:
10 percent goes to the publisher’s company (which will be incorporated before the first issue comes out).
85 percent will be evenly split between all creators involved on the project.
5 percent of the money will be donated to a charitable cause.
Why are you donating money to charity and how will the process work?
We are donating money to charity not just because other comic publishers are not doing it but because, as artists, it is our duty to work for a better world through our art.
The cause will be chosen by all of the contributors to the issue. If, after all reasonable efforts to choose a charitable organization have come to no conclusion, the editors reserve the right to select one from among the ones nominated.
We will also try to have a different charitable cause for each issue.
The process will work by asking each contributor on the issue to nominate some causes that he or she feels deserve it. The list will be compiled and sent to all of the creators. They can they decide to strike any organizations that they have absolutely no interest in seeing get the money. This process will continue until either there is an agreement or its obvious that there will not be an agreement and the editors step in and make a choice.
If you have a question that is not covered here, please send an email to PTEditorial@yahoo.com or PTSubmissions@gmail.com
SUBMISSION RELEASE
Your Full Legal Name
To: Phosphorous Tide.
Submission Release for TITLE OF YOUR MATERIAL.
By signing this Submission Release, I am indicating that I have read, fully understand and swear or affirm to the following conditions:
1. I understand that Phosphorous Tide refuses to review any creative materials without a signed submission release. By signing this, I have shown an active interest in having my work considered for publication in Phosphorous Tide.
2. By reading the material, Phosphorous Tide will be evaluating it to potentially pursue a further relationship with myself and my material. The reading of this material does not oblige either party to take their negotiations or business any further.
3. I understand that Phosphorous Tide could reject my material for any number of reasons. I also understand that the editors at Phosphorous Tide are under no obligation to tell me the exact reason why my material was rejected.
4. I understand that Phosphorous Tide receives a large number of submissions and that both of the editors of the magazine are also writers. Projects that are similar in many regards to the one that I submitted may appear. The appearance of a similar project in the magazine or from one of the editors does not create any sort of a working relationship if the project was created independently of my submission.
5. By signing this release and submitting material, I have not entered in to a fiduciary, creative or confidential relationship with Phosphorous Tide in any way.
6. I am stating that I am the author of this work. If this work is adapted from another source, that the source material is either in the public domain or something that I own or have legally licensed all of the required rights to. In any case, I affirm that I own ALL of the rights required to submit this work to Phosphorous Tide.
7. I am stating that this work does not violate any copyright, proprietary rights, rights of confidentiality or other rights of any person or entity. Any quotations or excerpts used are either from works in the public domain or covered under an appropriate fair use provision.
8. I understand that Phosphorous Tide will not use this material in their publication or for any other purpose unless I enter in to a written agreement for the publication of my story.
9. I have read and I fully understand all of the parts of the Phosphorous Tide Submission Guidelines.
10. I understand that it is my responsibility to protect my material, including an official copyright.
11. I understand that if a conflict does arise between myself and Phosphorous Tide over my material, that the following conditions apply:
* Before legal action is pursued, I will contact the editors and request third-party arbitration at my own expense.
* This Submission Release can be used as evidence by Phosphorous Tide.
* If the third-party arbitration decides in my favor, I agree to limit the damages to the fair market rate for comic book material in the independent market.
12. I agree that the terms of this Release will be binding on myself as well as anyone who may acquire the rights to my material.
13. I understand that if any part of this agreement is deemed to be void or unenforceable in a court of law, that section will be omitted until a legal provision that more closely reflects the intent of both parties. The modified Release shall remain in full force and effect.
14. If a third party comes forward with a claim regarding the material that I have submitted, I agree to indemnify Phosphorous Tide against all claims, expenses, losses or liabilities, including any attorney’s fees and costs, that may be occurred in connection with my material.
15. I agree that my electronic signature on this document shall have legal standing between both parties equivalent to a hand-written signature or other legal mark. I also understand that Phosphorous Tide has offered me the option of sending a hard copy of this and I have decided to use the electronic version. If I have sent in a snail mail version, I have contacted the editors regarding it and this version can, by the consent of both parties, serve as a provisional version until the signed copy is received. If both parties do not consent, then the material will not be read until a hard copy is received.
16. By signing and/or typing my name here, I swear or affirm that fully understand all of the terms in the Submission Guidelines and I agree that I will abide by all of the regulations of this Release.
SIGNATURE: _________________________________